Sheffield Tigers

Club information

Track address

Owlerton Stadium
Penistone Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire

Country

England

Founded

1929

Team manager

Simon Stead

Team captain

Kyle Howarth

League

SGB Championship

Website

www.sheffieldtigers.co

Club facts

Colours

Yellow and Blue

Track size

361 metres (395 yd)

Track record time

59.1 seconds (54.66mph)

Track record date

15 October 2010

Track record holder

Ricky Ashworth

Current team

Rider	CMA
Josh Grajczonek	8.90
Kyle Howarth	7.18
Lasse Bjerre	6.64
Todd Kurtz	5.76
Josh Bates	4.89
Robert Branford	4.60
Jack Parkinson-Blackburn	2.00
Total	39.97

Major team honours

British League KO Cup Winners	1974
Premier League Champions	1999, 2002
Premier League KO Cup Winners	2002
Premier Trophy Winners	2001
Premier League Fours Champions	1999, 2000
Premier League Pairs Champions	2010
Conference League Champions	2000, 2001
British Speedway Cup (Div 2)	1947
Northern Trophy	1974

The Sheffield 'Window Centre' Tigers are a speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Championship and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium which is the fastest track in British speedway and traditionally hold their race nights on Thursday's between March and October. The Tigers are sponsored by the Sheffield Window Centre, promoted by Damien Bates, Peter Mole and Julie Reading.

Owlerton was a purpose built speedway track built in 1929. It operated for most of the pre-war years and re-opened for a short spell in 1945. The team operated in the Northern League of 1946 and in the National League Division Two between 1947 and 50. It closed part way through 1951 and staged open meetings in 1952. The track re-opened in 1960 and has operated most seasons since then. The team has been known as The Tigers apart from part of 1950 when they were known as The Tars. The Tigers alltime leading point scorer is Sean Wilson with 4246 points and the record appearance maker is Reg Wilson with 470 appearances. Their official track record holder is former captain and No.1 Ricky Ashworth with a time of 59.1 seconds.

Riders confirmed for the 2017 season are Josh Grajczonek, Kyle Howarth, Lasse Bjerre, Josh Bates, Todd Kurtz, Robert Branford, Jack Parkinson Blackburn

The 2017 season is the 21th consecutive season that the Sheffield Tigers have competed in the Championship (formally Premier League 1997-2016).

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